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Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...
Chinese drywall and electrical wiring should be replaced -- that's the consensus opinion of both the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. With ...
Owners of Florida homes built between 2004 and 2005 have discovered dangerous Chinese drywall to be behind heating and air conditioning system failures, as well as air quality issues in their homes.
A study of 51 homes released this week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) found a strong association between homes with Chinese drywall and levels corrosive hydrogen sulfide, which ...
In an SEC filing Friday, Lennar (LEN) admitted that it has identified 400 Florida homes that have problems with defective Chinese drywall and has set aside $39.8 million to fix the problem. But ...
This sparked widespread protests against lockdowns and COVID-19 policies across major Chinese cities, prompting the Chinese government to signal plans to ease restrictions. On 30 November, vice premier Sun Chunlan announced that pandemic controls are entering a "new stage and mission", adding that the Omicron variant is less virulent and that ...
On 3 April, the Chinese government declared 4 April, the Qingming Festival of 2020, a national day of mourning for those who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. At 10 a.m., people were asked to observe three minutes of silence while sirens and vehicle horns blasted out. Chinese flags were flown at half-mast across the country and at embassies ...
The continuing saga of homeowners facing problems with Chinese drywall continued this week with a major update by USA Today. For those that are unaware of the issue, Chinese drywall reportedly ...